Word: hopes
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...aerial torpedo which will level Berlin in the winking of an eye. If this is true, all the German spies have a fine opportunity to get the secret, as the inventor's name and address are openly published. If the invention comes to nothing, it is another case of hopes raised and then dashed, which is harmful to the spirit of the people. We have had enough of flamboyant stories of what we are going to do; the talking should come afterwards. The more our hopes violently fluctuate, the less are we inclined to believe in the ultimate hope...
...action. Perhaps it is also an indication of the universal yearning for strong leadership. In the wreck of the reputations of generals and statement, in the poverty of great and commanding names, the common people seek a supernatural leader. To their eyes the skies are not empty. Let us hope that there is something prophetic in their visions. In their very aspiration there is at least encouragement. --Boston Transcript...
...courage to our boys in the trenches and cantonments, and depression to our enemies. Let Germany feel that this is a popular war in America. The effect of having the nation a unit in patriotic thought on this day cannot be over-estimated. It will bring renewed courage and hope to our brave allies...
...University's total of deaths has been rising at an increasing rate for the last year. We can have no hope that the rate will sink again. More and more we shall be called upon to face the bitter and yet proud griefs that our allies have suffered before us. We honor our dead as brave men who have given everything for a cause, but we must not stop to mourn too long. The greatest service we can do them is to "carry on" against the power that made them...
...light of what I have said, it is obvious that whether the war is to continue or we are to have, as we all hope, a victorious peace in the near future, America will need many chemists. There are not half enough in the country now for our varied needs, and the demand for them is not likely to decrease...